DELORES

THE DELORES TAYLOR ARTHUR VIRTUAL INVITATIONAL

1-2 October 2021

DEADLINE

28 September 2021

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

Speech OR debate only. You must choose one or the other. But if you sign up in speech, you can select up to 3 events.

Other than Extemp and Impromptu, speech is asynchronous (pre-recorded).
For asynchronous speech, events with more than 7 entries will break to a final round @ 1pm Saturday. Events with 7 or less entries will be decided by the cumulative four round total.

PF/LD will use Sept/Oct topics.

Entry Price

One speech and parent is judging $80
Two speech and parent is judging $110
Three speech and parent is judging $140

LD and parent is judging $85
PF and parent is judging $75

If you are opting out of judging, you will pay an additional $110.

Each person in a PF/Policy/Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF/Policy/Duo team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

Registration will not be complete until payment is received.
NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

Schedule

Please note that all times are in CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST).

LD/PF DEBATE SCHEDULE
LD/PF Debate Schedule: All times CST. Tech time begins 15 minutes before the round start time.

Friday, Oct. 1
Round 1: 4:00pm
Round 2: 6:00pm
Round 3: 8:00pm

Saturday, Oct. 2
Round 4: 9:00am
Round 5: 11:00am
Round 6: 1:30pm
Quarters: 3:30pm
Semis: 5:30pm
Finals: 7:30pm

LIVE EXTEMP/IMPROMPTU SCHEDULE

Friday, Oct. 1
Round 1: 5:00pm
Extemp Draw: 4:30pm
Round 2: 7:00pm
Extemp Draw: 6:30pm

Saturday, Oct. 2
Round 3: 9:00am
Extemp Draw: 8:30am
Round 4: 11:00am
Extemp Draw: 10:30am
Finals: 1:00pm
Extemp Draw:12:30pm

ASYNCHRONOUS SPEECH SCHEDULE
Asynchronous Speech Schedule

Sep 28, 2021 - deadline to send Youtube speech link to Nadia at nbudiman@tgsastaff.com

Sep 30 @ 8:00 pm- Oct 2 @ 10:00 am: Judges will be assigned rounds by 8:00pm on Thursday. Ballots are due at 10am on Saturday, October 2nd. Failure to accomplish this may result in fines. We don’t want to do this.

Events with more than 7 entries will break to a final round @ 1pm Saturday. Events with 7 or less entries will be decided by the cumulative four round total. 

Drop Fee

Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

Contact Info

Victor Rivas Umana
Contact email: vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com
Or info@tgsastaff.com

Registration Form

STUDENT INFORMATION

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with GSA's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION
Students are able to enter in up to 3 speech events OR one debate event. You cannot choose both.
Got any questions? Please email nbudiman@tgsastaff.com, info@tgsastaff.com, vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com

NOTE:
If you are not listing it here, please send your speech video link to nbudiman@tgsastaff.com, info@tgsastaff.com by September 28th the latest. Best way to share your video is to upload it to Youtube and make it unlisted.
Asynchronous speech events with more than 7 entries will break into finals @1 pm CST on Saturday, Oct 2nd.

JUDGE PROVISION

Are you supplying a judge? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee Not judging

Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee. You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It takes less than a minute.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

Tournaments encourage judges to have a paradigm on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example. It doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

I will keep a copy of this form for reference. *

YES

We are signing up with the understanding that my child will work to be ready by the tournament date. If we choose to drop out because my child is not ready that will be considered when making assessments for future classes. *

YES

I understand that if I fail to drop the tournament before the deadline that I will still be responsible for the fees of both my son or daughter, along with that of his or her partner and the fines. *

YES

I understand that if payment is not received we won't be registered and our spot will be given up to someone else. *

YES

I confirm that I have completed all necessary paperwork for this tournament. *

YES

I understand that The Golden State Academy has no control over tournament entries other than the initial sign up. I understand that my child's priority will be based on either the last time I signed up OR the date paid, whichever is latest. *

YES

I understand that my child must check in and check out periodically at the tournament with the coach and that if I do not my child will be barred from participating in following tournaments. This is to ensure coaches can see where students are at competitively and to give any initial feedback for improvement. *

YES

I understand that I can check my entry status through tabroom.com. *

YES

I am a consenting adult. I understand that by submitting this form I agree to all that has been covered. *

YES

Submit/take to payment

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Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135